Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Lockheed S-3 Viking was the only purpose-built, carrier-based, jet-powered submarine hunter the U.S. Navy ever flew. From 1974 to 2009, 188 of these...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – After the U-2 shootdown in 1960, the CIA needed a reconnaissance aircraft that could outrun missiles and hide from...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-14D Super Tomcat was the apex of America’s carrier fighters: a variable-sweep interceptor built to kill Soviet bombers...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The A-6 Intruder gave the Navy and Marines something they lacked in the early jet age: a long-range, all-weather...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Air Force says Boeing’s F-47—its sixth-gen NGAD fighter named partly as a nod to the 47th president—is already...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Commissioned in August 1943, the Essex-class carrier USS Intrepid fought across the Pacific, surviving a torpedo at Truk and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Born from embargo and urgency, Israel’s IAI Kfir (Lion Cub) married the Mirage airframe idea to an American J79...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Born from General Dynamics’ SCAMP effort, the F-16XL transformed the Falcon with a cranked-arrow delta wing, added fuel, and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Should the U.S. retire the B-2 now or keep it as a hedge until the B-21 arrives in numbers?...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Germany scrambled Eurofighters—joined by Swedish JAS 39 Gripens—to intercept a Russian IL-20 flying unidentified over the Baltic Sea, an...